Janet Squires

Dr. Squires’ research is primarily focused on improving knowledge translation by health care professionals through the design, implementation, and evaluation of theory-informed and context-optimized interventions aimed to improve healthcare professionals’ use of research and research-based behaviours, to contribute to improved patient and system outcomes. Her research program has four main foci: (1) exploring the role of organizational context in knowledge translation, (2) designing and testing context-optimized knowledge translation interventions (i.e., interventions that act on and/or change context) across a variety of healthcare settings and professional groups, (3) measurement and statistical modelling, and (4) systematic reviews. She is currently involved in several nationally funded projects examining the role of context in knowledge translation and changing health care professional behaviours and in developing and testing interventions to improve knowledge translation by health care professionals across multiple settings, (e.g., increasing organ donation in adult hospitals, improve hand hygiene practice in adult hospitals, improving pain practices in pediatric hospitals, and improving resident outcomes in nursing homes).